Astronomers select "Top Ten Most Amazing Pictures" taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. After correcting an initial problem with the lens when "Hubble"
was first launched in 1990, the floating astro-observatory began to relay back to Earth incredible snapshots of the "final
frontier" it was perusing. Recently, astronauts voted on the top photographs taken by Hubble. Remarking in the article
from the Daily Mail, reporter Michael Hanlon says the photos "illustrate that our Universe is not only deeply strange,
but almost impossibly beautiful."

the HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (HST)

#1TheSombrero Galaxy, M104, (Constell. Virgo) is 28 million light yrs. from Earth. Voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope.
It has 800 billion suns/50,000 light years across.

#3TheEskimo Nebula, NGC 2392 (Constell. Gemini), called "Eskimo" because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. 5,000
light years from Earth.

#5TheHourGlass
Nebula, MyCn 18, is produced by the expansion of a fast stellar wind within a slowly expanding
cloud which is denser near its equator than its poles.